Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 410 Martial Attendant (Part 2) [5.7K]

Among those present, only hackers of V's caliber, Morgan Blackhand, and Oda Santaoyu were likely able to clearly see the newcomer's movements...

That was almost the maximum speed that the S.A.W.S. III could achieve...

Moreover, the cooldown time and duration of the S'anwestan III were not the most outstanding, yet Rebecca, who was suffering from cyber psychosis, used it to achieve an effect close to that of a thousand S'anwestans!

Preliminary estimate…

The time stop may have reached a terrifying level of 60%.

Oda's hand was just one step away... A violent gust of air came from the ninja armor behind him, and a black figure, like a cannonball, straightened its fist and slammed it into Oda's back with a ferocious, unprotected impact.

"asshole!"

Oda felt as if his lower back had been hit directly by a truck.

At this moment, Rebecca seemed to have been ripped from every frame of the screen; the afterimage behind her continued to extend backward. Accompanied by Sianwistan's intense stimulation of the nerves, this thing began to emit a somewhat chilling buzzing sound—

"Cyberpsychosis?!"

Oda's reaction was also top-notch. Prepared for a second attack, he saw Rebecca's eyes, trembling almost blurring into afterimages, beneath her twin tails…

His face instantly darkened.

Cyber ​​lunatics always seem to prioritize causing trouble for themselves?!
Oda could no longer contain his anger. Ignoring Sasha rolling on the ground, the hot-cutting mantis knives in his hands burst into a dazzling orange-red light. He was clearly preparing to kill Rebecca, the cyber madwoman who had lost her strategy and was only relying on brute force!

hum!
Oda's figure stood firmly on the ground like a falling leaf. The mantis knife crossed in front of him collided violently with Rebecca, who was slamming down in mid-air with her gorilla arm, producing a terrifying metallic roar.

"Rebecca!"

With her trembling eyes, Rebecca's fists came into contact with the hot-cutting mantis knife, which was hot enough to melt steel. Every second, she was bound to suffer terrible burns from the high temperature... meaning her nerves were enduring this sensation every second.

The one calling her name was naturally Pira, who was holding the syringe with only a tiny bit of medication left dripping from it. He swallowed hard, because he realized that Rebecca would hardly have any time to be conscious after this injection…

In other words, Rebecca has completely fallen into the abyss of cyberpsychosis!

V's icy, murderous gaze suddenly fell upon Pila. She had clearly noticed Rebecca's unusual behavior—using a gorilla arm to block a hot-cutting mantis knife?!
This is a decision that almost no mercenary with sound judgment would make.

That's why she was staring at Pila like that.

There was no time to check on Rebecca's side; V practically sprinted towards Sasha...

relic!

Xiao Tian's eyes flashed with malice. Amid Pila's curses, he suddenly exerted his strength. Rebecca's hand, whose skin had already been melted by the hot-cutting mantis knife, was cleanly sliced ​​off in a trembling motion!
"Fuck you, Arasaka-dog!"

Pira's prosthetic arm quickly wrapped around it!

Before his attack could even get close, Oda delivered a powerful front kick, sending the mentally unstable Rebecca flying. He then charged forward with his twin swords, attempting to disembowel the guy whose entire prosthetic body looked like a third-rate piece of junk!
Unsurprisingly, Pila only managed to dodge Oda's impact, but she was still thrown into the air!

As V ran towards Sasha, he saw Oda rushing towards him with his head down. His eyes instantly turned red, and Oda's running movements faltered slightly... However, to V's surprise, Oda's ICE was a bit strange.

The control-type puppets had a very short-lived effect on Oda. Subconsciously, she wanted to use brain-computer overclocking to deal with Oda, but after seeing the cooldown time of brain-computer overclocking, she could only continue to rush towards Sasha with a cold expression!
"Miss Hua Zi personally designed the ICE... You're asking for it, you bitch!"

V's gaze was fixed on the uninserted Relic chip in Sasha's hair near her ear, while simultaneously watching Oda charging towards him. A sharp pain shot through his shoulder as he ran, and his blood rushed faster...

"Hold!"

"Oda!"

This was the first time the counterintelligence team had ever seen V so angry…

A buzzing voice came from beneath Oda's mask, "This is what the Night City branch forced me to do, V!"

Just as V was considering whether to forcefully activate brain-computer interface overclocking, two crisp gunshots rang out abruptly amidst the chaotic scene!
Jack Wells, holding a pistol with smoke billowing from its muzzle, smiled confidently…

He was the bravest guy in Heywood, and of course, the smartest. Jack's restraint from calling out "Chica" forced Oda to raise his hot-cutting mantis knife to block the two bullets.

The modified Tsunami Military-grade Nue was very powerful. Oda was glad that he had judged the weapon's power from the sound of the muzzle and thus chose to block...

Having taken two bullets head-on, he felt a tingling and numb sensation in his forearm.

"Damn crawler!"

Oda's speed was momentarily slowed, and the Relic chip naturally ended up in Jack's hands, while V, despite being injured, could only "reluctantly" take Sasha away...

The chip in his hand was ice-cold and red, as if it had been painted with blood. Jack glanced at it subconsciously and felt a chill run down his spine for some reason... It was the kind of red that Misty had said represented misfortune.

"careful!"

Oda hadn't given up when Pila suddenly rushed up, her arm coiling around Oda's arm like a venomous snake. The Poison Sting prosthetic immediately launched a needle that could pierce any bulletproof leather, ready to deliver the poison into the guy's body.

Immediately, a large number of Oda's men appeared on Jack's side. Several ninjas rushed forward, their swords flashing wildly at Haywood!
Morgan Blackhand, who had been observing the situation from the sidelines, wore a thoughtful expression. Although he had no evidence, Morgan Blackhand increasingly felt that these people seemed to be in cahoots.

"Hehe...dog bite dog."

Morgan Blackhand is preparing to withdraw; no matter how much these people fight and kill each other, he can no longer get involved.

He noticed a detail: the faint sounds of battle emanating from the top floor of the Azure Sky Tower had diminished considerably, indicating that the guy was about to be free to engage...

In addition, that Xiaotian seems a bit strange.

The chip was shot, and the girl in his hands was taken away by this woman from Arasaka. However, although Oda's expression was ugly, he seemed to be scanning the entire floor, observing the unfavorable situation on their side.

"Hey... what's this guy trying to do?"

Morgan Black Hand glanced around instinctively, and sure enough, the old lone wolf's intuition was spot on...

Jack felt like he had a hot potato. If he had a choice, he really wanted to snatch Sasha away. Just then, cyber ninja assassins, like ghosts, came from both sides, heading straight for him since he only had one hand to fire a gun!

V, who was currently hiding behind cover, had just glanced at Sasha's injuries and noticed faint red lines appearing on the Azure floor after briefly checking on the battle situation...

Is someone invading?
It would be reasonable for Oda's men to bring hackers, but this is just too frequent.

Upon closer inspection—

Morgan Blackhand, in the distance, began to retreat.

V, frowning, suddenly realized what was happening, but it was too late.

As Jack raced away, firing his gun while dodging the ninja's attacks, he heard a deafening roar in his ears!

His body felt as if a steel plate had been pressed down on it instantly; his knees buckled, and he collapsed to the ground unexpectedly…

The key facility that enables the top layer of the Azure to connect with the Arasaka subnet is the space-based signal receiver, which is coordinated by the Arasaka space station operating in orbit.

A cyberattack on a satellite-level server?!
V's face turned deathly pale.

at this time…

Above the tranquil blue halo, looking down at the earth, is none other than the missing Hua Zi.

This is the facility where the true body of Arasaka Shrine is located.

“Ms. Hua Zi, the European Space Agency has approved our request. They have given full consideration to the fact that there are some legal issues with the succession of Arasaka’s rights. You and your colleagues, including Arasaka, can still enjoy the main aviation rights.”

"only…"

Hua Zi didn't turn around, but just gave a cold laugh.

"Splitting Arasaka is something they've always dreamed of, so why would they disagree with that statement?"

"If I'm not mistaken, they're going to cut off our supplies, aren't they?"

The situation is now clear.

The man stopped speaking and waited for Hanako, the current leader of the Aragaka faction in outer space, to give orders.

"Brother, our home is gone."

Hua Zi's eyes were low. "Go, help Oda-san. Success or failure depends on this. We must say goodbye to our familiar homeland and continue to write the glory of Arasaka here."

"Yes!"

Following Hanako's command, Arasaka launched a blatant cyberattack from the extraterrestrial space station—an indiscriminate attack entirely powered by servers and AI…

Even though Arasaka Yorinobu was quick to dispose of the Arasaka assets outside the territory, Hanako seized on this and planned to give Oda a final boost.

Ding Ding Dangdang ...

On the dusty, debris-covered ground, chips pulsating with crimson light rolled forward relentlessly. Jack, despite being hit by numerous control-type puppets, was relatively lucky…

The counterintelligence department, which was in a superior position just now, is the real threat. Many of them have been infected with cyberpsychosis or self-awareness attacks. People who were just comrades and allies can turn into madmen who are attacking from behind with guns in the blink of an eye.

Some people cried out in pain, trying to pull grenades out of their tactical pouches, but the moment they made that move... a burst of fire quickly tore them to dust!

Jack felt dizzy and his prosthetic eye began to blur.

The consequences of [Rebooting the Prosthetic Eye] and [Blocking the Prosthetic Body] are that Jack can only watch helplessly as Oda walks towards him step by step, with the screen constantly flashing... The guy looks down at Jack and kicks away the golden, ruthless woman next to him.

Street litter.

Jack was panting heavily, as if he had no chance to fight back.

Bang!
Xiao Tian had just picked up the chip and taken a step when a strong hand grabbed his ankle.

The brows beneath the samurai mask furrowed instantly…

Swish!
A dark shadow suddenly appeared!
Oda's lips curled into a mocking smile.

"I never thought that a traitor like you could walk out of the server room alive... Suzuki Takeyoshi, Arasaka has been too lenient with you. Someone as useless as you seems much more normal among their group."

Deng!
Oda sidestepped, and the hot-cutting mantis knife suddenly pressed down on the blade in Suzuki's hand!
He then kicked the wounded samurai away, and Suzuki rolled several times on the ground. Even though one of his prosthetic arms had stopped working and he was swaying, he still managed to stand up by sticking his sword into the ground with one hand.

Clearly, Suzuki's condition was extremely poor.

His samurai hair was already disheveled, and his eyes, beneath a few strands of white hair, were filled with determination.

"Eighty-three..."

Looking at the chip in his hand, Oda, not wanting to waste any more time, didn't even choose to finish off Jack and Suzuki, but instead headed towards V, who had already fainted.

I heard Suzuki say something.

"what?"

Xiao Tian frowned.

Suzuki let out a low chuckle. "Hey, I killed... eighty-three of your men." As soon as he finished speaking, Suzuki, slightly staggering, suddenly charged forward. Holding his katana in one hand, he showed no fear; his eyes were fixed on Oda, his enemy!
Oda was even taken aback for a moment.

I was clearly planning to spare this guy's life, but he's so eager to die.

He wouldn't mind killing this guy while he was at it.

"Are you looking for death?!"

With a buzzing sound, Jinchumaru sent Suzuki's katana flying. Oda delivered a powerful knee strike, forcing Suzuki to his knees. Jinchumaru then twirled the blade, raising it steadily. With a single swing, it would decapitate Suzuki.

"Heavy hammer!"

The maniacal roar made Xiaotian's temples throb.

Rebecca, whose hand had been sliced ​​off by a hot-cutting mantis knife, trembled violently and lunged at Oda.

"You're really lucky. A crazy bitch like you is just fit to end it all."

Oda used Jinchumaru to block several of Rebecca's heavy punches. The phrase "at the end of her rope" is quite fitting to describe Rebecca. If it weren't for the cyber-psychosis pushing her to her limits, she should have collapsed long ago.

"Rebecca!"

Suzuki, who was lying on the ground, struggled to get up. In his blurred vision, he saw his blood-stained and wounded hand reaching out towards Rebecca with all his might.

In less than a minute, the battle within the time stop was already decided!
Rebecca's figure flew backwards, abruptly coming to a standstill in mid-air. Now, only illusions and instincts were keeping Rebecca moving.

Beneath the Arasaka Tower, Rebecca helplessly watched Rin being gripped by the heavy hammer. Wiping the blood from her mouth, she growled and activated the full power of the S'anwestein...

"Go to hell!"

Her gorilla-like arm swung with an exaggerated frequency, causing her shoulder blade and the connection between her arm to rapidly disintegrate. She seemed oblivious to the pain, continuing to strike the heavily armored hammer until—

My arm is broken!

"The crawler is unremarkable."

The mocking sound of the heavy hammer followed like a shadow.

Rebecca fell backward to the ground.

Her chest heaved, her eyes gazing blankly at the azure sky…

It was as beautiful as the day I went on a date with Lin Yue.

"If only we could have finished talking that day..."

In Rebecca's view, Hammer held a katana in his hand, aiming it at Rin who was lying on the ground. Amidst the desperate shouts of her teammates, she watched as the blade slowly descended into her field of vision!

"Will you hate me for being a useless person?"

Rebecca gasped for breath; her brain and prosthetic body were in complete disarray, filled with error messages.

She kept muttering to herself...

Unfortunately, I still couldn't save Rin.

"Rebecca!"

Rebecca heard someone calling her name, but the voice sounded as if it were coming from behind a wall.

It looks familiar, it seems to be Rin.

I'm going to die soon anyway, so we might as well die together.

I have no idea what this guy is yelling about... He's just a poor kid who can't even afford a prosthetic body, and he's as dumb as a block of wood.

"Rebecca!"

This time the calls grew even louder…

Ok?
Rebecca blinked.

It was as if something had vanished from her mind; the sky of the exhibition disappeared. She stared blankly at the already riddled ceiling of the azure-green building, her pupils trembling rapidly once more.

Where was the heavy hammer? All she could see was Oda's hot cutting blade about to fall, the heat making Rebecca's cheek sting.

"Shh!"

She rolled away to dodge the stab, then Sianwistan left afterimages, attempting to circle behind Oda. Oda remained calm, seemingly unresponsive, but just as Rebecca circled behind him...

Rebecca leaped up and threw a punch downwards, making absolutely no defensive move...

V, who had just woken up in the distance, had just stood up while protecting Sasha when he witnessed this horrific scene.

Oda grinned maliciously. The hot-cutting blade seemed to have eyes, bypassing the iron fist and simultaneously dodging Rebecca's attack. The scorching blade then accurately pierced Rebecca's stomach...

puff!
"Well--"

The small girl let out a muffled groan of pain.

V's pupils suddenly contracted!
"Hold…"

Oda, holding Rebecca by the blade, slowly lifted her up. However, Rebecca, who had been looking down, suddenly raised her head, and Oda, behind the mask, looked at her with some confusion.

Rebecca, with blood gushing from her mouth, revealed her blood-stained, chilling teeth.

"When we were kids, I was in charge of stealing things, and my brother was in charge of fighting."

Xiaotian's brows furrowed even more...

He didn't even know if the girl was talking nonsense.

"Is that thing about to break...?"

Rebecca was too weak to speak anymore. What she really wanted to say was that, without Sasha urging her this time, she had been studying the mission intelligence carefully and remembered all the relevant information about Relic very well.

A key piece of information is that Relic needs a brain-computer interface to dissolve the epidermis. Since he's about to die anyway, letting Relic completely break down is a good thing.

Oda looked puzzled…

When he inadvertently caught a glimpse of bright red on the back of Rebecca's neck, his eyes widened and he abruptly looked down at his empty pockets...

relic? !
Rebecca felt a surge of joy when she saw Oda's disgusted expression.

In Oda's wide-eyed gaze, she raised her hand, the only remaining movable gorilla arm...

"No no no..."

Xiaotian muttered to himself, just as he was about to throw Rebecca to the ground, when the girl used her hand to pinch the skin around the slot behind the brain-computer interface, and a chilling sound of metal shattering rang out!
Rebecca completely deformed her brain-computer interface!

"Damn idiot!"

why? !

Oda couldn't understand why these people showed no fear. Why were they doing this? Why were they making enemies of Arasaka?!
However, the girl whom Oda had lowered from the knife's edge was lifeless, her eyes staring blankly like an empty sky, reflecting the rain and neon lights outside the window...

“Rebecca…”

V staggered, his voice trembling involuntarily.

At this moment, Pila's legs were broken by the cyber psychiatric victim next to him. Having completed the counterattack, he could only quietly watch his sister hanging on the tip of the knife with her head down, his expression as calm as if he were looking at a painting.

Suzuki slammed his fist into the ground.

"Xiao Tian!"

His teeth were grinding as if he wanted to crush that guy's name along with his hatred and swallow it down!

"Ugh...you fucking Arasaka bastard."

Jack was lifted up by Oda's soldiers, with a blade already pressed against his throat.

Misty was absolutely right.

I only glanced at the red...

Do I really have to die?

Morgan's face was grim. He was surrounded by the corpses of soldiers who had attacked him after being quickly deciphered and interfered with by the cyber psychiatry. He wiped the blood from his face, his expression also quite unpleasant.

After all… Hua Zi attacked him as well.

It's not advisable to stay here for long!

Morgan shook his head, preparing to leap backward through the gap in the broken French window behind him, just as he took a step back—

A cold, black hand, like a devil's, rested on his shoulder.

He froze instantly.

"Gudong."

Morgan didn't keep the cigar in his mouth this time; it fell to the ground...

"cold…?"

Morgan's voice was so soft that even he couldn't hear it.

far away…

The girl's pupils were still like a dead sea.

The reflection in the image showed the man who appeared behind Morgan, his eyes a blend of the purest red and blue in the world.

Behind this strange color, the story of another world is unfolding.

A loud, blaring rock music started playing non-stop…

A man wearing sunglasses and a bulletproof vest looked at the little girl with pigtails who patted him on the shoulder.

……

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(End of this chapter)